CVE-2008-4682 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 0.99.7 through 1.0.3. It allows remote attackers to crash the application by providing a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (.ncf) containing an unexpected packet type. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to application unavailability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, a local denial-of-service exploit (EDB-6622) is publicly available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.99.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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